Mnemonics Worksheet: Memory Rhymes
Memory tip (Say it with a beat): Put the fact first, then end the line with a rhyming word: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little tricks.” Rhyming words share an ending sound: cake – lake – snake; night – kite – light; sun – run – one. Say it aloud with a beat, again and again, until it sings itself.
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- 1.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) rock (c) shock (d) knock
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) one (c) ton (d) wing
- 3.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) tree (d) rain
- 4.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
- 5.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) star (c) planet (d) one
- 7.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) night (d) bell
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) chain (b) main (c) run (d) spring
- 9.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) saying it once quietly
- 10.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) sun (d) night
- 14.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
- 15.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 16.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) sun (c) tree (d) clock
- 17.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
- 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shell (b) plane (c) ring (d) tell
- 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) wake (b) tea (c) done (d) white
- 20.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
- 21.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) cake (d) sun
- 22.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
- 24.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
- 25.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) fight (c) white (d) bun
- 27.True or false: “run” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) run (c) won (d) string
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) spell (b) chain (c) kite (d) smell
- 30.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) won (b) snake (c) rake (d) bake
- 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) fast (c) long (d) cold
- 33.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) sun
- 34.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) night (d) clock
- 37.True or false: “done” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) block (b) bite (c) lock (d) free
- 39.True or false: “light” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) lake (c) snake (d) sock
Answer key
- main
- wing
- tree
- night
- False
- one
- cake
- run
- a beat or a tune
- True
- False
- False
- sun
- sun
- say it aloud often
- bell
- clock
- plane
- tea
- bell
- tree
- True
- sound patterns stick
- cake
- True
- bun
- False
- string
- kite
- False
- won
- free
- king
- True
- True
- rain
- False
- bite
- False
- sock
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